About LPC (Trull) Ltd

Founded in 1996. Since then our highly qualified Town and Country Planning Development team have dedicated over 20 years of hard work and experience in supporting our clients every step of the way.

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LPC (Trull) Ltd was founded in 1996 by Co-Directors Andrew Miles Dip TP MRTPI and Simon Chambers BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI. Since inception, the company has grown and following Andrew’s gradual retirement in 2023, now has three Directors and two Associate Directors, together with support and contract staff.

Our highly experienced team are able to take on complex projects, and our strengths lie in the breadth and depth of the team’s combined technical knowledge.

All our professional staff have worked in local government, within the areas of Swindon, Wiltshire, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds, and West Oxfordshire.

Meet The Team

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Simon Chambers

Director - BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI

Simon established LPC (Trull) Ltd with Co-Director Andy Miles in 1996. Before then he was employed as a senior planner at a firm based in Swindon, having moved from North Wiltshire District Council’s Development Control team where he had been employed as planning officer since 1987.

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Simon has extensive experience in preparing and managing planning applications, appeals and evidence to establish lawfulness as a whole team approach. Although his experience includes a vast range of different planning matters and design solutions he very much enjoys rural matters and seeking solutions to achieve the best possible outcomes for numerous clients, even if it involves a circuitous and sometimes less than obvious route. Simon’s intentions is to place the stress of the planning system at arm’s length and work closely to coordinate the design team and others involved in a cost effective way.

He is always happy to offer open advice even if it may sometimes be negative as he believes that the skills LPC can bring to bear focuses on the art of the deliverable and not simply securing an instruction.

In his spare time, which seems very squashed, he is a rugby obsessive and hated hanging up his boots, although he has managed to put them on a few times recently as part of a mixed ability team he has become involved with teaching. He loves to sail and will get away as often as possible to explore the Devon and Cornish coasts from his home port in Plymouth.

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Chris Dance

Director - BA (Hons), MRTPI, Dip RSA

Chris’ background is equally divided between many years management experience within local authorities, and then bringing this experience to the private sector.  This wide breadth of knowledge means that as well as finding the “technical” solution to a planning situation, he is also able to navigate a successful course though “local authority decision making”, as he understands it so well.

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He particularly enjoys co-ordinating multi-disciplinary teams on complex / sensitive projects, but also gets equal enjoyment from helping clients obtain permission for examples such as domestic extensions.  All are important schemes in the “rich tapestry” of the planning world.

Chris’ passion is to focus on “problem solving” whatever is the situation and use this approach to benefit his clients.

Outside of the planning world, Chris’ “relaxation mode” is playing music, so beware (!) you may often see him in gigging situations in an around Bath where he lives.

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Daniel Drayton

Associate Director - BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI

Daniel has 20 years’ experience of working in the town planning profession in both the private and public sectors covering Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.  Daniel has a thorough knowledge in all aspects of town planning including development plan making, development management, and the appeals process.

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Daniel also has experience of the necessary survey work, monitoring and analysis that informs local and neighbourhood development plan policy and a familiarity with factors that determine a development proposal. Daniel has represented clients at appeals, given presentations to parish councils and organised public consultation events.

Outside of work Daniel enjoys walking in the Cotswolds, running, and is a ‘fair-weather’ golfer.

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Tom Sadler

Director - BA (Hons) MSc MRTPI

Tom joined LPC as an Associate following four years at GVA (now Avison Young) in both their London and Bristol planning teams and over two years at Knight Frank in their Bristol planning team. Tom has extensive experience in preparing and managing planning applications, promoting land through both strategic and local planning policy processes, and providing robust planning advice to private landowners, developers, investors and the public sector. 

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His work has spanned a diverse range of residential and commercial projects within Greater London and throughout the UK.

In his spare time outside of work Tom is a sport fanatic, whether that be running, cycling, swimming, surfing, sailing, skiing, golf – you name it, he loves it! Tom is also a keen musician who plays an eclectic range of instruments with an even more eclectic music taste.

Morgan Jones

Morgan Jones

Associate Director BSc (Hons) MSc, MRTPI

Morgan joined LPC (Trull) Ltd as an Associate having previously worked for Local Planning Authorities in England and Wales for over sixteen years. He brings a wealth of experience and an understanding of how to navigate the planning system having spent many years managing and determining planning applications of all types and complexity, and an in-depth knowledge of plan-making processes having worked as a strategic planner.

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Morgan is therefore well placed to be able to offer planning advice at any stage of a project lifecycle, from the initial scoping and feasibility phase, right through to the decision making stages, by drawing on his experience of writing and applying planning policy and presenting at various Planning Committee meetings and appeal hearings.

In his spare time, when not running after his three children, he takes any opportunity get out and be active; in particular if there is a competitive element such as playing tennis, squash or football. 

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